Cooking range



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M. S. F'ORGY.

COOKING RANGE.'

APPLICATION FILED D Ec.I4. I92o.

Patented B60111922.

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M. s. FORGY.

COOKING RANGE. i APPLICATION FILED DEC.I4, |920.

Patented De.r12, 1922.

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M. s. foam'. COOKING RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.14; |920.

Patented Dec. 12

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IVI. S. FORGY.

COOKING RANGE.

APPLICATION man lnx-:0.14, 1920.

Patented De@.12,1922.

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M. ls'. FORGY. COOKING IRANGE. APPLICATION FILED 056.14, |920.

Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

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MEQ

Z, or CENTER Poma", ARKANSAS.

COOKNG RLNGE. i

Apiilicaton :Filed Ileeeinaoer 111, 1920. Serial No. 430,708.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

` iniown "il i ori-in Si. lioner, a mi n oi' the United ler4 residing,`at Cenn Ier 'Yioint, in the eounty o and State ot irkai have inventedeer'ai u ts in Cooking.'

is a specifica e' il ohject provide a have maximum eapaciay occupy aminimum or iloor will possess many features over coo/limp;

J:She inf inain 'a v oven which rood,

vention s to pron aeinent ure within the oven. 'further olijf-ei fo f a3 nnuin area ugon ced so that in cornea the i. inf@ f nacity.

Orf 'Non invention is Aer reservoir i om which hot e he ohh/ined asdesiied.

Still another "'ovide a ranffe i,

irons and also n r tea towels, latter so loci l to insure of ouielr 'ngothe towels without thetowels howbeing in the way of any the utensils lunen the i l 'further general object of the invention is to constructthe range J:hat any desired ohjeet ot the invention is te coo; ne'iprocess may he carried out thereon or in its ovens, as well as anybaking or' port.

part being broken away, and the door to the :nain oven being swung`downwardly to oA en position i lligure 3 is a horizontal sectional viewtaken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

4l is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on theline 4&4 of Fig/ure 3; e

Figure 5 is a vertical front to rear sectional view taken substantiallyon thefline 5--5 of Figure 2; f

vvFigure 6 is a sectional perspective view of a portion of the range;

Figure 'i' is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on theline 7-7 of Figure 2;

F"uife 8 is a perspective view looking` at the hack of one end of therange.

rThe range embodying the invention coinprises a hase 1 which issupported upon legis and 3 and which terras the bottom of thev aah Ditindicated by the numeral 4f.. rlhe ash pi raprises end walls 5, a rearwall 6 and a front wali 77 thelatter wall having an opening 8 thereinclosed hy a door 9 having the usual type of sliding damper 10. Thelirehoz; i the range indicated in general hy the numeral l1 and comprisesend walls 12 and outwardly ae is also the wall 13 while the wall 'l2 ispreferably disposed in a ver-` tieal plane' as shown in Figure 4. Thevfire hon ia divided from the ash =oit by a shaking frate 16 of anyordinary construction and ,ino a shank 17 at one end projecting mrou hone end wall oil the ash pit a for the' application vof asuitahleshaker. The topl oi.' the hre hex is open for a considerable portion o'Eits area at one end lout at its other end is Closed hy a top wall 18provided with any suitable arrangement of openings and lids 19 aoillustrated in Figures 1 and 4f of the drawings. Fuel may he introducedinto the fire hof: by removing); one or more of the lids 19 or it may heintroduced through an opening 20 which is provided in the end wall 13 ofthe iire horn This latter opening is adapted to be closed by a door 21hingedly mounted at its lower side, as at 22, and provided at itslateral edges with upstandinp; sides 23 which adapt the door to serve asa chute in drawing` the lire or removing dead coalsn The fire box isalso provided in the uppei portion ot its front wall 15 at that end ofthe tire box at which the top wall 18 is located, with an openinglclosed by a swinging door 241- througi which fuel be introduced into thelire box.

rllhe top wall 18 of the lire box is extended laterally beyond the end`wall 12, and a water reservoir 25 is provided upon the exterior' ot thewall 12 and comprises end walls 26 and a bottom wall 27 which isinclined or curved upwardly from the lower portion of the wall 12 to theunder side ot the projecting' portion of the top wall 18. rlhisreservoir is designed to contain a quantity ot Vwater which will beheated and which is made available through an opening' 2S formed in thesaid projecting portion ol the top wall 18 and normally closed by a ii d29, it being understood that the said projecting portion of the top wall18 constitutes the top of the said reservoir.

A suitable number of brackets 30 may be provided upon the outer side ofthe inclined front wall 150iI the lire box to support irons in themanner illustrated in Fia,4` re l ot the drawings and thus a numberl ofirons may be heated simultaneously without interfer-A ing` in any waywith the use of the range in cooking.

The back of the range is indicated in general by the numeral 31 andextends upwardly from the rear side ot the top et the tire boX as bestshown in Figures 1, 5 and 8 of the drawings. n

, The main oven or". the range is indicated in general by the numeral32, and the oven proper is enclosed within a compartment comprising aportion of the bach 31 oli the range, end walls 34, and a top wall 35,the con'ipartment being open at its bottonu as at 3G, so to be placed incommunication with the o pen tcp of the lire box 11. The oven propercomprises end walls 3'?, a rear wall 38, a top wall 39, and a bottom110, the oven havingan open trent l1 arranged within` the front wallfil-2 ot the enclosing compartment 'for the said oven, this open 'frontof the oven ,being` closed by a door 4? hinged at its lower sideas atder so that when swung` down it may serve as a shelf or rest. Anysuitable arrangement ot' shelves l5 is provided within the oven proper,these shelves being adjustable and removable as 1s usual in ovenconstruction.

Vffzlrdinarily the yovenwill be employed in the usual manner inroasting,r and baking'5 but in'order that the bottom ,of the oven may heemployed in ordinary cooking, the said bottom Vis provided with anyysuitable erincense L that the too wall 18 oi' the tire bor; constitutes a cooking top inasi'nuch as the lian' Es.

play directly against the same and also ti t the bottom l0 of the ovenis usable tor this purpose as it too is located directly above theburning iuel in the lire box. The walls oit 'the oven vproper aresuitably spaced from the corresponding walls ot the compartment withinwhich the oven is arrang` d and thus the heated air currents andproducts ot' con:- bustion rising; from the lire bor: 11 may pass aroundthe sides oi the oven with the exception or the 'liront thereof.

The flue of the range is indicated in Lgeneral by the numeral 48 andthis du@ is open at its bottom at L9 to communicate with the lire box 11the rear side of the lattes7 the flue extelling vertically of the bachof the at the inner rear corner of the compartment within which the mainoven is housed. fr damper 50 is hinged at its 'forward side.l at 517within tue lower portion of the tlue d8 at :i point suitably spacedabove the open lower end el@ oil? the due and a rod 52'is pivotallyconnected at one end with this damper and extends through the forwardside o;'` the llue 118 and into the space between one of the side walls37 .of the main oven and the adjacent side wall of the compartmentwiiiin which the oven is arranged. The rod is connected at its otherend, as to an operating); handle or lrnob 5e nroiectii'if;` slidablythroughy a slot 55 'formed in the s '.d wall ont the co npartnient, thisslot beingclosed by a plate 56 whic ,ined upon the handle 5e and litsthe inner 'face ot the said side wall ot the compartment. as clearlyshown in Figures 3 and 4t oli the dizawi1 s. means ot this handle 5ft,the damper 55 may be raised and lowered and when in low-ered position itwill extend across the flue and close the as shown in Figures' and 5 or'the drawings. d, thus cut oil the direct liassaq'e of hef l air currentsand products ot combustion yfrom the hre brrr through the flue.llowerer, when the damper is raised, there may be a direct passage ofthese :oducts ot combustion up wardly throu The line and out through thechimney. en when. the damper 50 is in closed position the productsolilcombustion eventually pass out through the flue but they are causedto take a circuitons path through the space between the walls otV themain oven and the compartment ,within which the oven is arranged and forthis purpose the tlue is provided in its forward side with an opening`5'? which communicates withthe space between the top of the main ovenand the top of the compartment within which the oven is arranged.,VVSpaced partition walls 58 and 59 extend from op- 1.43am@ @g posite sideso this opening in parallel ref thereof. The numeral 76 indicates adamper the top plate which is slidably mounted beside tie lationdiagonally itorwardly across 39 oit the oyen and between the said topand the top wall t the oven conn)aliment and form between them and thesaid walls a flue or passage 60 through which the heated air currentsand products oit combustion may pass to the .tine #i8 through the saidopening 57 therein7 or to the said flue indirectly as will presently betapia-ined. .lt will be understood that the flue 118 is closed to thelire box il and the space between the walls of the main oyen and thecompartment within which this oyen is arranged except :For the openlower rmd i9 ot the flue and the opening 57 above referred to so that inthe event the damper is closed, the heated air currents and products oitcombustion must pass upwardly about all sides ot the main oyen beforeentering' the flue or passageway 60 trom which. they pass into the'iluod8.

ln order that the top oi" the eompartment 32 may he employed forcooking' purposes7 it is preferably proyided with a suitable arrangementof lids indicated by the nu moral "l,

'lhs numeral indicates in `general an ai'fxiliary or warming oven whichis mounted upon the back 31 and which comprises an oren compartment 63haring? end walls 6e and a bottom wall the compartment being closed atits rear by the back 3l and at its mt by a slidingl door or one ot anyother able type indicated by the numeral. 66. top ot' the ovencompartment is closet1 i' a shelf G7 which extends preferably the ent' uwidth ot the back 3l and is provided A, y .i ends (38, This shelt mayconstitute a warming shelf or may be employed tor any purpose toi whichit is tound useful. The warming; oyen 62 extends across the back fromthe lett hand sido ot the back to the inner side wall Sil ot thecompartment 32. ln order that heat may be su plied to the oven cmnpartn.@Si the conpartnient proyideff below the bottom 65 with a false hot tom(if) tormina` a heat chamber indicated in eencral by the numeral 7G.This chamber is closed its outer end by the respective end wall 6ft otthe oyen compartment`r which wall is extended downwardly tor thispurpose, .a door 2 beingy preferably provided in this wall however so topermit ot vremoval ot .soot from the heat chamber 70. Tl'le chamw berl() diyin.. .longitudinally by a ition wall which extends from its innerend to a point spaced 'from its .tiret mentioned mid so as to provide inthe latter instance al p e 73 The partition wall 72 divides the l wall72 and is to be actuatedthrough th sluitingot an arm 77 .vhich projectsfrom the damper plate and through a slot 78 Atermed in the forwardportion ot the false bottom G9, this slot being closed by a plate I9iixed upon the arm 77.

it this point it will be evident that when the damper 50 is closed andthe damper 76 is open. the heated air currents and products otcombustion will pass upwardly through the space between the walls oitthe main oyen and the compartment within which the oven is arranged yand finally through the passageway 60 and upwardly through the flue 48.However when the damper 7 6 is closed, the heated air currents andproducts ot combustion will pass from. the passageway 60 into thepassageway Tet, through the passage 737 and bacliwardly through thepassage before entering' the flue e8. Therefore when the damper 76 isclosed. the heated air currents will be caused to lpass through theheatchamber tor the warming oyen thus supplying` this oyen with therequired heat.

The rear side or" the oyen and the iue preferably project a shortdistance rearwardly ot the back of the range as illustrated 'in ,Figure8 ot' the drawings, and upon the said lie-ick7 beneath the oyerhangingportion ot the warming; oyen, 'there is preferably arranged a rack 8Oupon which tea towels may he hung to dry, as shown in said ligure.

In order that steam and excess heat may 3e permitted to escapetrom theoren 3Q when this oyen is being employed..a there is provided a meanswhich will now be described. rilhe numeral. 8l indicates a valve casingwhich is secured upon the end wall 37 ot the oyen and which'is incommunica-- tion with an opening 82 formed in the said enc wallVa Thecasing` Si is interiorly spherical. and rotatably mounted within thecasingf is a substantially spherical valve 83 hayiugf a flattened sidetill, the Valve being` adapted to be rotated through the medium of astem and handle 86 which latter is located exterioiuyt the trout of thecomartment within. which the oyen is arranged,

so to occupy a position closing the open` inni 82 or only partlyclosingr lmcovering;y the said opening, in which lat'- ter position otthe Valve the flattened side Sil thereof will be in position as shown inFigure l ot the drawings. A tubular neck 87 leads from the upper side ofthe Valve casing?,- 8l and connects with one end ot a pipe or flue 88which extends diagonally across the top of the oven 32 andhas itsdischarge end positioned between the partition walls 58 and 59, as bestillustrated in Figure 3 ot the drawings. .lt will now be understood thatwhen the valve 83 is in open posior completely tion, the draft createdin the tlue ot the range will create a suction within the Hue 88 therebyinfluencing passage ot steam and excess heated air currents trom theoven past the saidV valve.

Having thus rile/scribed the invention. what is claimed as new is:

l. ln a cooking range, a 'lire box, an oven compartment arranged abovethe lire box and open to the same at its bottom, an oven arranged withinthe compartment and spaced trom the walls t iereot, a flue having anintake opening at its lower end coinmunicating with the fire box andhaving an opening communicating with the space between the top ot theoven and the top of the compartment, spaced walls extending between thesaid top ot the oven and the top oi the compartment and providing adirect way between said space and the last mentioned flue opening andextending diagonally across the top ot said oven, and a damper arrangedwithin the tlue between the said openings.

2. ln a cooking range, a lire box, an oven compartment arranged abovethe lire box and open to the same at its bottom, an oven arranged withinthe compartment and spaced from the walls thereof, a .tiue communicatingwith the tire box and having a passage in communication with the spacebetween the walls of the oven and the oven compartment, parallelpartitions extending from said passage partly over the top of the ovenbetween the same and the top of the oven compartment, and a vent flue incommunication with the interior of the oven and leading from the same todischarge into the space between the parallel partitions.

3. ln a cooking range, a tire box, an oven compartment arranged abovethe lire box and open to the same through the entire area of its bottom,an oven arranged within the compartment and spaced from the wallsthereof, a line communicating at its lower end with the lire box andhaving a passage in its liront side in communication with the spacebetween the walls ot' the oven and its housing compartment, parallelpartitions extending from said passage partway over the oven, and a ventflue in communication with the interior of' the oven at the upper frontcorner thereoi2 more remote from the opening in the line and leadingdiagonally over the top of the oven to discharge between said parallelpartitions, and

a valve in the vent flue adjacent tie oven controlling the communicationbetween the rent flue and the oven.

1l. ln a coolring range, an ash pit, a lire box over the ash pit, oneend wall ot' the lire box hearingl a lower inclined portion extend.- ingupwardly and outwardly trom the ash pit and a short vertical portionrising from said inclined portion, the end wall being provided withopening through both said portions, and a door hinged at it lower endupon the lower edge ot said opening' and having relatively angularlydisposed portions contorming to the inclined and vertically disposedportions ot' the end wall, the door being Jurther provided with upstand-.ing sides along the side edges ot its lower portion and coterminouswith portion.

5. A cooking range comprising' a tire box having its top open through aportion of its area and covered through the remainder of its area,'anoven compartment resting` on the open portion of the top of the iirebox.l the entire bottom of the oven compartment being open, an ovenwithin the oven compartment having its top, side and back walls spacedfrom the corresponding walls of the oven compartment, a back rising fromthe fire box, a warming oven supported by said back over and spaced fromthe covered portion of the tire box, said warming oven having its innerend abutting said oven compartment, a heat' chamber on the bottom of thewarming oven, a partition within the heat chamber extendinglongitudinally thereof `from the inner end of tle same and terminatingshort of its outer end, a vertical flue in rear ot' the oven compartmentcommunicating at its lower end with the lire box and provided in oneside with an opening establishing communication through the inner end ofthe heat chamber with the space between the back of the heat chamber andthe partition therein and provided in its front with an openingestablishingcommunication with the space between the top ot the ovencompartment and the top of the oven at the inner end of the heatchamber, and a damper operable from the heat chamber to cover or uncoverthe last-mentioned opening whereby to permit heat currents to pass fromover the oven directly into the tlue or direct them into the heatchamber.

ln testimony whereof l my signature.

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